Updating & Editing an iWeb Site

I am making a website using iWeb for a PC User and uploading it and giving them the exported iWeb file. Can they update or edit the site I create for them using a PC program such as www.pagebreeze.com or another PC Program? Do you have any suggestions? I won't be uploading it to .mac
Thanks,
Flippy

No, they can't.
Pages created in iWeb cannot be edited outside of the application, in any serious way. Some post processing changes can be made, but not efficiently for a PC user.
Great opportunity to tell them what a great operating system OSX is....

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In a word NO.
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My mid 2007 24" iMac which has served me well has memory problems. I now work with much larger projects ( Logic Studio + video ) than earlier, and have to continually keep clearing the memory as I work. I have the maximum 4 GB RAM ).
This is halting progress so seriously that I'm considering changing it for a new iMac .... 27".
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Will be grateful for insights.
Thanks,
SeaDream.

Well thanks. Sounds so complicated, though. Would another option be to backup my present Mac HD ( with Snow Leopard ) to an external HD and simply edit iWeb from there ?
As long as I also backed up this external HD, would this be a possibility ?

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A slick way to do it is to store the domain file on a usb flash drive (stick) and double click it from there. That way you can plug it into whatever computer running iweb you wish and update it.
Always remember to back that file up no matter what you do. If you lose it for any reason it can't be restored from the published files.
good luck

Updating/Editing Non .Mac Sites

I've created a website for my sister-in-law and am waiting for her domain name to get pointed to the server to which I've uploaded the files.
Presumably, it is way easier to make changes to active sites using iWeb. (Or is that the only way? The source text for my iWeb website is way too complex for using a text editor.*)
But must an updated/edited site be "published to a folder" every time, and then those files uploaded via FTP to the outside domain? Or do the existing files in my Sites folder get updated automatically when changes are saved in iWeb, thus making them ready for an FTP upload?
Presumably also, the edited files when published to a folder would overwrite any existing ones in the Sites folder. Yes?
*See http://web.mac.com/hap.allen

SIte is now up and running -- and I've uploaded an update just to see that it works. Thanks for your well-informed "Yesses."
1. Will the Users > Library > Application Support > iWeb folder hold more than one "Domain.sites2" file? Would each project be given a different name in that folder? I don't want to overwrite one web project with another.
Fortunately, I'd been reading elsewhere about that folder so that when iWeb asked me for a domain folder to open (and after a brief rush of poo-poo to the heart), I knew where to look. Using Preview in Leopard I was able to see that it was the one I was after.
2. Must any website projects I do be left in the column on the left of the iWeb window? If not, what files would I need to save so that I could open them in iWeb? Would I go to the above folder again to retrieve them?
Thanks for your help.
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Has anyone tried editing an iWeb site with Contribute or Dreamweaver?

Before iWeb, I liked using Adobe Macromedia Contribute to edit the.Mac homepages. I've been giving iWeb a spin, and it seems to occupy the same place in Apple's stable as the rest of its siblings — a pre-pubescent version of Contribute, which is a subset of Dreamweaver.
I haven't yet tried it, but it seems as if the iWeb templates would be a good starting point, and Contribute/Dreamweaver would be great tools to polish the site.
I'm still confused, though, as to what the .Mac WebDAV URLs are...that's the thing that always tripped me up. Dreamweaver 8 is a better at site management, it seems, but if anyone could post a "definitive" guide on using a third-party tool, it would be much appreciated.

yes you can use other websoftware to modify iweb sites either after it is on the webserver or if you save it to a folder before publishing.
I tried the demo of Dream weaver and it worked fine..also I used Rapidweaver which works too. Heck you could use anything that can edit HTML which is really just a text file.
The problem with iweb is it is using those stupid PNG files which are big and to make it worse it duplicates all your images rather than having them in a shared folder you can end up with dozens of the same image which when someone visits your site and changes pages it has to download the same image again!
pretty crazy stuff.
iweb looks nice and as long as people are viewing it with broadband you'd be ok but dialup users are "toast" even on a simple site.
I got the demo of rapidweaver which is not as intuiative but in someways is more complete and have done a 3 page site.. others are developing themes for it and also there are plugins which add alot of functionality.
at $35 USD it is cheap and if you go to http://www.screencastsonline.com there are 3 videos to show you how to use it and a discount code.
I personally thing iweb is great but has some design flaws that will need to be delt with.

Need to update another users iweb site

I wan't to take over updating duties on another user's iweb site. They can't handle it so they'd like to defer to me. Is there a way to do this?

You will need to obtain their Domain.sites2 file from their computer. It will be located in their User/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder. Copy it to your Desktop, rename it to represent the site name, "Site_Name.sites2", and place in your User/Library/Application Support/iWeb folder. Then drag that iWeb folder into the left hand pane of any Finder window so you can easily access the contents of that folder and select the site you want to work on.
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OT

Strange! Cannot update extensive, published iWeb site.

I've been trying to research a problem in Discussions similar to my own but cannot come across a satisfactory answer.
For the past two weeks, I've experienced very slow "Publish" updating of my extensive iWeb site. In the last 24 hours, I've been unable to update the webiste at all. Here's the error message:
"Can’t create the file 'shapeimage2_link2.png.' The disk may be damaged, full, or you may not have sufficient access privileges."
Mind you, I'm well sort of my iDisk capacity, have the current version of iWeb, am running a reliable high-speed connection and have not experienced any hard disk problems that I'm aware of.
I have tried trashing the username/application support/iWeb/Domain file and letting iWeb build a new Domain file — to no avail. I've quit and rebooted — to no avail. I've run Disk Utility — to no avail.
Suggestions? I'm at wit's end!

Thanks, James, for your always helpful replies and information.
Paul, here are two things I tried with some success. I deleted new blog material — those which hadn't published — and added, then published, each new blog one at a time. Somewhere along the line, one of the new blogs apparently corrupted the ability to publish all of them at once. Also, I launched iWeb, put the Domain file (username/application support/iWeb/Domain) in the trash then published. When prompted to save the new Domain file, I chose the folder where the old one resided. Subsequent publishes have gone a bit smoother.
Still, one wishes iWeb were easier and more reliable for updates.

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I start to get upset. What can I do?
Anything that helps is highly appreciated!
Thorge

Roxpat ~ Glad that worked out for you (and thanks for your appreciative words.) I'd heard good things about +Media Temple+ a year ago and had prompt responses to my email enquiries about speeds between their center in California and Spain. (In the end, though, I didn't need their services.)
Roxpat wrote:
I will say that they seem accustomed to users who know what they are doing (that would not be me), and I find it difficult to understand what they are telling me to do.
I agree; this was part of their reply to me:
Well since you are in Spain you would not have the ability to take advantage of our short path bandwidth. Although our servers are all enterprise-grade, our data center is Tier 4 certified, and we use redundant fiber backbones to the Internet, there are many other factors involved that dictate the final speed you experience. Therefore, it is really difficult to say what your transfer speeds will be like with our service. We recommend conducting trace routes and ping tests to s1555.gridserver.com for insight into the network speed and routes between your location and (mt) Media Temple's (gs) Grid-Service.
...Yes, I thought, ...let me get onto those +"trace routes and ping tests"+ right away! (Presumably via +Network Utility+ in the Utilities folder.)

Updating An Existing iWeb Site?

So, i have a great site, and I'm scratching my head as to figure out how to update my site using iWeb without REPUBLISHING the entire site again. I've searched all throughout iWeb Help but I cannot seem to find anything useful.
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That option does not exist in either iWeb 08 or 09. In 08 it was either Publish All to MobileMe or Publish to MobileMe. The Publish option would just publish updated pages rather than the whole site.
In iWeb 09 the option that exists is ftp to MobileMe, ftp to server or send to a folder. I believe that if using 09, if any updates are made, just the changed pages are uploaded instead of the whole site automatically, to MobileMe anyway.

2 Macs, 1 blog site. How can I use 2 Macs to edit my iWeb site???

I have a Mac at home and my laptop at work. Both have iLife '06 on the and iWeb. I just designed a web site (and uploaded it) using iWeb, and I'd like to add to it from my laptop at work. I brought a pushlised copy with me, but there's no way to load it for iWeb to read it!
Is there somewhere I can copy the site files to on my laptop so when I open iWeb, it recognizes them?
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You need to transfer this file to whatever machine you want to work from:
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How can I edit my iweb published site when the domain file is empty?

How can I edit my iweb site when the domain file opens up empty? I have the site backed up in mobile me, on my computer, and on an external hard drive.
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Hi there,
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Hard-drive saved website editing with iWeb

My university research group has a website designed on iWeb that is being hosted on an internal server (not a .mac server). The responsibility of updating it has been transfered to me. Unfortunately, I am unable to reopen any of the files associated with the website in iWeb. Is there a way to get iWeb to recognize the files I have stored either on the server or on my hard drive? If not, what visual web-editing program will be easily compatible with the format and structure in which iWeb saves websites (I have tried NVU, but am having difficulty editing the menu structure/link directory that iWeb created as they exist as .png files and not text). Thanks in advance!!

Is there a way to get iWeb to
recognize the files I have stored either on the
server or on my hard drive?
To edit an iWeb site with iWeb you need to Domain file that created it. Do you have that somewhere?
http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/iwebdata.html

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I have two Macs, and use my desktop for working at home, and my laptop for working away, or when on holiday for working with photographs and, hopefully, blogs. I set up my iWeb site initially using the desktop, and then tried to edit the site using my laptop, only to find that it cannot, seemingly, be done.
Help! Does anyone know how to edit one iWeb site from two machines, or is there, perhaps, a practicable workaround?
G4 laptop +G4 desktop Mac OS X (10.4.5)
G4 laptop +G4 desktop Mac OS X (10.4.5)
G4 laptop +G4 desktop Mac OS X (10.4.5)

The answer is Domain.sites (extension hidden by default). You'll find this on your desktop machine at Users/YourUserName/Library/Application Support/iWeb. Copy that file to removable media and drag it to the same location on your laptop. Launch iWeb and you'll see your desktop site structure in the Site Organizer.
Once you keep the Domain package in sync between the two machines everything will work smoothly no matter which you use. There's a neat tip here which may help in this respect:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=1525121#1525121

Duplicating an iWeb site

When I am editing an iWeb site, there are times when I would like to duplicate the site so that I can work on the copy without losing the original l if I don't like what I've done to the copy. Is there a safe and (relatively easy) way of doing this?
Alan Cox.

Just click on your domain.sites file and then go to File and click Duplicate and you have your copy to work on.

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